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Eyewitness to Space

In March 1962, James Webb, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, suggested that artists be enlisted to document the historic effort to send the first human beings to the moon. John Walker, director of the National Gallery of Art, was among those who applauded the idea, urging that artists be encouraged "…not only to record the physical appearance of the strange new world which space technology is creating, but to edit, select and probe for the inner meaning and emotional impact of events which may change the destiny of our race."

Working together, James Dean, a young artist employed by the NASA Public Affairs office, and Dr. H. Lester Cooke, curator of paintings at the National Gallery of Art, created a program that dispatched artists to NASA facilities with an invitation to paint whatever interested them. The result was an extraordinary collection of works of art proving, as one observer noted, "that America produced not only scientists and engineers capable of shaping the destiny of our age, but also artists worthy to keep them company." Transferred to the National Air and Space Museum in 1975, the NASA art collection remains one of the most important elements of what has become perhaps the world's finest collection of aerospace themed art.

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Drawing, Pen and Ink on Paper
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type:
ART-Drawings

Space Connection
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type:
ART-Drawings

Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type:
ART-Drawings

Drawing, Pen and Ink on Paper
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type:
ART-Drawings

Drawing, Pen and Ink on Paper
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type:
ART-Drawings

Drawing, Pen and Ink, Watercolor on Paper
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type:
ART-Drawings

Bunker at Complex 19
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date:
1972
Type:
ART-Drawings

Apollo 7 first Saturn Apolo 13, April 1972
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date:
1972
Type:
ART-Drawings

Road Block at 20
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date:
1972
Type:
ART-Drawings

Gemini Titan II space vehicle
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date:
1972
Type:
ART-Drawings

Launch Pad Under Lights
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Artist:
Alan E. Cober
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date:
1972
Type:
ART-Drawings